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(NoModeL) N. G. FRANKLIN.

PASTENER.

$10,498,846.v Patented June 6, 1893.

1 PETERS co, muraumo wgwu UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI E.

NELSON G. FRANKLIN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR CF TWO-THIRDS TO CHARLES C. CHADWICK AND JOHN'S. SNYDER, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 498,846, dated June 6, 1893.

Application filed August 22, 1892. Serial No.4=43,718. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NELSON G. FRANKLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Fasteners; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

As is well known, it frequently happens that the placket of a ladys dress spreads apart and exposes her skirts beneath the dress thus detracting from the personal appearance of the lady and embarrassing her somewhat on the discovery that her under skirt shows.

My invention has for its object the provision of a fastener applicable more particularly to the placket of a dress whereby the meeting edges of the skirt may be firmly held together until intentionally released thereby preventing the objectionable gapping.

My invention consists in a combination of devices and appliances hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1. shows the appli- Fig. 3. shows the two parts of the fastener separated. Fig. 4. shows the strips D before they are curled.

In carrying out my invention A represents the skirt of a ladys dress provided with the usual placket a-a.' at the rear.

BB' are small thin plates of metal attached upon the inside of the fabric in any suitable manner as for instance by sewing through the orifices b in the plates. The plate I3 is provided with the orifice C while the metal in the plate 13 is cut and two strips D are formed. The free ends of these strips are curled upward toward each other until they meet as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, thus leaving a rounded knob or projection E. That is to say the sides e are rounded while the sides e are straight. The orifice C is of such dimensions that the projectionwill snugly fit the orifice when inserted therein.

It will be noticed that the straight sides of the knob E are parallel with the edge of the fabric. Thus the pulling strain is exerted on a line at right angles to the straight sides, and the straight side of the knob coming to a bearing against the straight edge of the orifice it is impossible for a pull on the fabric on a line parallel with the surface of the fabric to separate the two halves of the fastener. The rounded ends e of the knob allow it to be easily inserted into the orifice C Where it is firmly held until intentionally released by separating the two halves of the fastener on a line at right angles to the surface of the fabric.

F is a ridge or corrugation in the piece or plateB which serves the double purpose of strengthening and ornamenting the plate.

By the application of this form of fastener to the placket of a ladys dress the objectionable gapping or spreading apart of the meeting edges is obviated. It can be manufactured very cheaply and consequently will increase the cost of the dress very slightly, and it can be so applied as to be unnoticeable, will weigh comparatively little and can be engaged and disengaged easily and quickly.

What I claim is As an articleof manufacture afastener for holding together two meeting edges consisting of two plates of metal one engaged to each of the edges, one plate provided with an orifice having two opposing edges straight adapted to receive a projection on the other plate and the other plate provided with a projection consisting of two tongues of metal with straight sides each independent of the other, and each cut from the body of the plate, each tongue curled toward the center into a rounded shape, and when curled being adjacent to the other thereby forming a projection with the ends rounded and the sides straight, said projection adapted to fit into the orifice in the other plate, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

NELSON G. FRANKLIN.

Witnesses:

W. H. OHAMBERLIN, J OHN S. SNYDER. 

